diff --git a/dist/vis.js b/dist/vis.js
index a8095a0e..bd766b4f 100644
--- a/dist/vis.js
+++ b/dist/vis.js
@@ -14920,13 +14920,11 @@ var SelectionMixin = {
     var node = this._getNodeAt(pointer);
     if (node != null) {
       this._selectObject(node,false);
-      this.emit("clickNode", this.getSelection());
     }
     else {
       var edge = this._getEdgeAt(pointer);
       if (edge != null) {
         this._selectObject(edge,false);
-        this.emit("clickEdge", this.getSelection());
       }
       else {
         this._unselectAll();
@@ -14945,20 +14943,13 @@ var SelectionMixin = {
    */
   _handleDoubleTap : function(pointer) {
     var node = this._getNodeAt(pointer);
-    var selection = this.getSelection();
     if (node != null && node !== undefined) {
       // we reset the areaCenter here so the opening of the node will occur
       this.areaCenter =  {"x" : this._canvasToX(pointer.x),
                           "y" : this._canvasToY(pointer.y)};
       this.openCluster(node);
-      this.emit("doubleClickNode", selection);
     }
-    else {
-      if (this._getSelectedEdgeCount() == 1) {
-        this.emit("doubleClickEdge", selection);
-      }
-    }
-    this.emit("doubleClick", selection);
+    this.emit("doubleClick", this.getSelection());
   },
 
 
diff --git a/docs/graph.html b/docs/graph.html
index e8d4e4ba..e95f855c 100644
--- a/docs/graph.html
+++ b/docs/graph.html
@@ -1871,26 +1871,6 @@ graph.off('select', onSelect);
             </ul>
         </td>
     </tr>
-    <tr>
-        <td>clickNode</td>
-        <td>Fired after the user clicks on a node or taps a node on a touchscreen.</td>
-        <td>
-            <ul>
-                <li><code>nodes</code>: an array with the ids of the selected nodes</li>
-                <li><code>edges</code>: an array with the ids of the selected edges</li>
-            </ul>
-        </td>
-    </tr>
-    <tr>
-        <td>clickEdge</td>
-        <td>Fired after the user clicks on an edge or taps an edge on a touchscreen.</td>
-        <td>
-            <ul>
-                <li><code>nodes</code>: an array with the ids of the selected nodes</li>
-                <li><code>edges</code>: an array with the ids of the selected edges</li>
-            </ul>
-        </td>
-    </tr>
     <tr>
         <td>doubleClick</td>
         <td>Fired after the user double clicks or double taps on a touchscreen.</td>
@@ -1901,26 +1881,6 @@ graph.off('select', onSelect);
             </ul>
         </td>
     </tr>
-    <tr>
-        <td>doubleClickEdge</td>
-        <td>Fired after the user double clicks on an edge or double taps an edge on a touchscreen.</td>
-        <td>
-            <ul>
-                <li><code>nodes</code>: an array with the ids of the selected nodes</li>
-                <li><code>edges</code>: an array with the ids of the selected edges</li>
-            </ul>
-        </td>
-    </tr>
-    <tr>
-        <td>doubleClickNode</td>
-        <td>Fired after the user double clicks on a node or double taps a node on a touchscreen.</td>
-        <td>
-        <ul>
-            <li><code>nodes</code>: an array with the ids of the selected nodes</li>
-            <li><code>edges</code>: an array with the ids of the selected edges</li>
-        </ul>
-        </td>
-    </tr>
     <tr>
         <td>frameResize</td>
         <td>Fired when the size of the canvas has been updated (not neccecarily changed) by the setSize() function or by the setOptions() function.</td>
diff --git a/src/graph/graphMixins/SelectionMixin.js b/src/graph/graphMixins/SelectionMixin.js
index bdb3ffb0..194a99ae 100644
--- a/src/graph/graphMixins/SelectionMixin.js
+++ b/src/graph/graphMixins/SelectionMixin.js
@@ -392,13 +392,11 @@ var SelectionMixin = {
     var node = this._getNodeAt(pointer);
     if (node != null) {
       this._selectObject(node,false);
-      this.emit("clickNode", this.getSelection());
     }
     else {
       var edge = this._getEdgeAt(pointer);
       if (edge != null) {
         this._selectObject(edge,false);
-        this.emit("clickEdge", this.getSelection());
       }
       else {
         this._unselectAll();
@@ -417,20 +415,13 @@ var SelectionMixin = {
    */
   _handleDoubleTap : function(pointer) {
     var node = this._getNodeAt(pointer);
-    var selection = this.getSelection();
     if (node != null && node !== undefined) {
       // we reset the areaCenter here so the opening of the node will occur
       this.areaCenter =  {"x" : this._canvasToX(pointer.x),
                           "y" : this._canvasToY(pointer.y)};
       this.openCluster(node);
-      this.emit("doubleClickNode", selection);
     }
-    else {
-      if (this._getSelectedEdgeCount() == 1) {
-        this.emit("doubleClickEdge", selection);
-      }
-    }
-    this.emit("doubleClick", selection);
+    this.emit("doubleClick", this.getSelection());
   },